NYC Calendar October 2022

SATURDAY, October 1
8pm Gentile/Sanchez/Drury
Michel Gentile – soprano, alto and bass flutes
Angelica Sanchez – piano
Andrew Drury – drums
VENUE: Ibeam Brooklyn
ADMISSION: $20

October 1–October 8
Monday–Thursday at 7:30pm
Friday–Saturday at 8:00pm
Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)
Composer, Conductor, Tyshawn Sorey
Director, Peter Sellars
Visual Artist, Julie Mehretu
Choreographer, Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray
Lighting Design, James F. Ingalls
Sound Design, Marc Urselli
Viola, Kim Kashkashian
Piano/Celesta, Sarah Rothenberg
Percussion, Steven Schick
Soloist, Davóne Tines
Choir, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $40

TUESDAY, October 4
6:30pm Sylvester Germaine / Kirk Knuffke / Kenny Wollesen
7:30pm Patrick Golden / Ivo Perelman / Jim Clouse / Sean Conly
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: donations

WEDNESDAY, October 5
7.30pm + 9.30pm Roscoe Mitchell & Anna Webber
The Margaret Whitton Award Culminating
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $10- $45

WEDNESDAY, October 5
8 pm Vadim Neselovskyi
Mini Piano Festival
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $25

WEDNESDAY, October 5- SATURDAY, October 8
8:30 pm Sean Ono Lennon Band
Sean Ono Lennon (bass, guitar) Ches Smith (drums) Devin Hoff (bass, guitar) Yuka Honda (keys, samples) Joao Nogueira (keys) Julian Lage (guitar) Michael Leonhart (trumpet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, October 6
8pm Sylvie Courvoisier
Mini Piano Festival
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $25

THURSDAY, October 6
8pm Max Johnson Trio
Max Johnson
Anna Webber
Michael Sarin
VENUE: Seeds
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, October 7
8pm Vicky Chow: Philip Glass Etudes Album Release

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $25 -$30

FRIDAY, October 7- SATURDAY, October 8
7.30pm + 9.30pm John Escreet – “Seismic Shift” Album Release
John Escreet -piano
John Hébert -bass
Damion Reid -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $10 – $40

MONDAY, October 10
2:30pm Darius Jones / William Parker / Scott Clark
Darius Jones – alto sax / William Parker – bass / Scott Clark – drums
VENUE: First Street Green Art Park (33 East 1st Street, NYC)
ADMISSION: TBD

WEDNESDAY, October 12
8pm False Harmonics #12: TILT Brass & Zeena Parkins feat. James Fei and Josh Henderson
Julius Eastman – If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich? (1977)
Zeena Parkins – solo harp performance
New works by Parkins and John Bischoff
Phill Niblock Exploratory (Rhine version, “Looking for Daniel”) (2019)
Zeena Parkins – Whistling in the Dark Wind (rev. 2022)
VENUE: Pioneer Works
ADMISSION: From $25.74

WEDNESDAY, October 12 — SATURDAY, October 15
7:30 Everything Rises
Created by Jennifer Koh and Davóne Tines
Composed by Ken Ueno
Directed by Alexander Gedeon
VENUE: BAM Fisher
ADMISSION: $35 and up

FRIDAY, October 14 and SUNDAY, October 16
7 pm La Monte Young: Birthday Blues
Young’s Dorian Blues (c. 1960-61-present)
The Theatre Of Eternal Music
La Monte Young, voice
Marian Zazeela, light design
Jung Hee Choi, voice and light design
Ben Neill, just intonation trumpet
Jon Catler, electric fretless guitar
Hansford Rowe, electric fretless bass
Naren Budhkar, tabla
VENUE: MELA Foundation Dream House
ADMISSION: $56-$63

SATURDAY, October 15
7: 30pm International Contemporary Ensemble & IFCA: PEYVAND (پیوند)
International Contemporary Ensemble
Iranian Female Composers Association

Composers Now
VENUE: NYU Skirball Center
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, October 15
8pm Meredith Monk with Bang on a Can All-Stars: Memory Game
Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Program:
Spaceship, from The Games: a science fiction opera (1984) (arr. Michael Gordon)
Memory Song, from The Games: a science fiction opera (1984) (arr. Julia Wolfe)
Gamemaster’s Song, from The Games: a science fiction opera (1984) (arr. Meredith Monk)
Migration, from The Games: a science fiction opera (1984) (arr. Meredith Monk)
Downfall, from The Games: a science fiction opera (1984) (arr. Ken Thomson)
Waltz in 5s, from The Politics of Quiet (1996) (arr. Meredith Monk and Allison Sniffin)
Tokyo Cha Cha, from Turtle Dreams (Cabaret (1983) (arr. Allison Sniffin)
Totentanz, from impermanence (2006) (arr. David Lang)
Double Fiesta, from Acts from Under and Above (1986) (arr. David Lang)
VENUE: The Town Hall
ADMISSION: starts at $57

MONDAY, October 17-TUESDAY, October 18
7:30pm Owls
violinist Alexi Kenney, violist Ayane Kozasa
cellist Gabriel Cabezas and cellist-composer Paul Wiancko
Program:
Chick Corea, Children’s Song No. 12 (1984)
Paul Wiancko, Vox Petra (2018)
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, Reqs (2015)
François Couperin, Les Barricades Mystérieuses (1717)
Trollstilt (Monica Mugan and Dan Trueman), Ricercar (2000)
Paul Wiancko, When The Night (2018)
Terry Riley, Good Medicine (1986)
VENUE: Baryshnikov Arts Center
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, October 21
8:30pm Archipelago X
Sae Hashimoto (percussion) Ikue Mori (electronics) Brian Marsella (keyboards)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, October 22
8:30pm Yarn/Wire premieres Marcel Zaes’ Parallel Prints
Marcel Zaes – Parallel Prints
Laura Barger, piano
Russell Greenberg, percussion
Sae Hashimoto, percussion
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, October 26
8:30pm Trio
Wendy Eisenberg (guitar) Anna Webber (sax) Joanna Mattrey (viola)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, October 26
7:30 pm Ecstatic Music: Imani Winds & Andy Akiho
Andy Akiho, BeLoud, BeLoved, BeLonging
Afro Blue by Mongo Santamaría arranged by Valerie Coleman
De Memorias by Tania León
Seen by Nathalie Joachim and Cane by Jason Moran
VENUE: Kaufman Music Center
ADMISSION: $25

FRIDAY, Octtober 28
7:30 PM International Contemoprary Ensemble commissions
Program:
Meaghan Burke: Kitchen Quartet (2021) performed by The Rhythm Method
Yaz Lancaster: wind_down_2 (2020) performed by Randy Zigler
Kevin Ramsay: A Pin Drops Like a Pungent Odor (2022)* performed by Josh Modney, Marina Kifferstein, Carrie Frey, Meaghan Burke, Randy Zigler
Anahita Abbasi: Situation IV / Io E iO (2016, rev. 2017) performed by Josh Modney
Lewis Nielson: Pastorale para los pobres de la tierra (2022)* performed by Alice Teyssier (voice/flute) and The Rhythm Method
VENUE: Target Margin Theater 232 52nd Street Brooklyn
ADMISSION: free

Saturday, October 29
Open House Weekend at David Geffen Hall
10 am Steve Reich’s New York Counterpoint
Anthony McGill; Jennifer Koh
Location: Hauser Digital Wall
3pm Julia Wolfe’s Forbidden Love – Sō Percussion
Location: Kenneth C. Griffin Sidewalk Studio
VENUE: David Geffen Hall (Lincoln Center)
ADMISSION: free

MONDAY, October 31
8PM Veer Quartet
Celebrating the album “Veer Quartet,” New Focus Recordings

Sarah Bernstein, violin/compositions
Sana Nagano, violin
Leonor Falcon, viola
Nick Jozwiak, cello
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

NYC Calendar September 2022

THURSDAY, September 1
7 pm PENUMBRA plus guests
Kris Chen Little Injure (drums, electronics) Elias Stemeseder (amplified harpschord, synthesizers) Ikue Mori (electronics) Brandon Seabrook (banjo, guitar)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, September 6
8PM Stephanie Lamprea: Quaking Aspen
Stephanie Lamprea: soprano and electronics
Alex Van Gils: electronics

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

THURSDAY, September 8
8:30 pm Brooklyn Rider with Conrad Tao
Johnny Gandelsman (violin) Colin Jacobsen (violin) Nicholas Cords (viola) Michael Nicolas (cello) Conrad Tao (piano)
Music of Philip Glass, Andreia Pinto Correa, and Conrad Tao
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, September 8
8pm “DREAMSTRUCK” featuring Marilyn Crispell – Joe Fonda – Harvey Sorgen
Marilyn Crispell: piano
Joe Fonda: bass
Harvey Sorgen: drums

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, September 9
8pm Vinny Golia: Music for Large Ensemble

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

SATURDAY, September 10
7:30PM Fred Moten, Brandon López & Gerald Cleaver / Pamela Z / SYANIDE
Fred Moten (voice), Brandon López (double bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums)

VENUE: Issue Project Room
ADMISSION: $30/free with membership

SATURDAY, September 10
7.30pm + 9.30pm Anna Webber’s Simple Trio
Anna Webber -tenor sax, flute
Matt Mitchell -piano
John Hollenbeck -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20- $30

SUNDAY, September 11
3:30PM Christi / Parker / Krall
Ellen Christi – voice / William Parker – strings / Jackson Krall – water phone, drums
4:30PM Sewelson / Kapp / Parker
Dave Sewelson – baritone sax / Bobby Kapp – drums / William Parker – bass
VENUE: First Street Green Art Park
ADMISSION:free

TUESDAY, September 13
7pm Ingrid Laubrock’s Grammy Season
Tom Rainey – drums; Michael Formanek – bass; Brandon Seabrook – guitar, Ingrid Laubrock – saxophones
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, September 14
7:30PM HEX // Orlando Furioso|Wet Ink Ensemble
Orlando Furioso
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, September 15
7:30pm Distant Songs
Momenta Quartet
Program:
Elizabeth Brown: Just Visible in the Distance (2013)
Valentin Silvestrov: String Quartet no. 3 (2011)
Shawn Jaeger: Thy Wondering Eyes (2010)
VENUE: Broadway Presbyterian Church (601 W. 114th St.)
ADMISSION: free

THURSDAY, September 15
7:30PM Michael Bates’ Acrobat / ALTA String Quartet Spet 15
Marty Ehrlich,clarinet; Mazz Swift,violin; Sara Schoenbeck,bassoon; Michael Sarin,drums
Gabryel Smith-violin Rachel Hauser-violin Emily Bookwalter-viola Ken Hashimoto-cello
Michael Bates’ Acrobat w/guests The ALTA String Quartet Arrangements of Shostakovich and Lutoslawski
with guest violinist Fung Chern Hwei

VENUE: The Owl
ADMISSION: $10

FRIDAY, September 16 and SUNDAY, September 18
8pm/3pm Emily D’angelo

works by Sarah Kirkland Snider, Missy Mazzoli, Hildegard von Bingen, and Hildur Guðnadóttir
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $55

SATURDAY, September 17
2:30PM Jaimie Branch tribute
Joe Morris – guitar / Sam Newsome – soprano sax / Michael Wimberly – drums + guests
VENUE: Children’s Magical Garden
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, September 18
3pm Village Voices
Performers: Adriana Valdez, Sharon Harms – sopranos; Cathy Kautsky and Joan Forsyth, piano;
Village Guitar Orchestra
Composers: Henry Cowell, John Cage, Margaret Bonds, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Tania Leon, William Anderson, Jonathan Dawe, Gavin Cappon, Christine Donkin
Poets: Edna St Vincent Millay, Djuna Barnes, Robert Frost, James Baldwin, and Willer Cather
VENUE: St John’s in the Village (218 W 11th St)
ADMISSION: $15 – $20

SUNDAY, September 18
7:30pm Visionary Sounds
Performers: Momenta Quartet
Program:
Stefan Wolpe: Twelve Pieces for String Quartet (1950)
Mario Davidovsky: Synchronisms No. 9 (1988) for violin and recorded electronic sounds
David Glaser: String Quartet No. 5, in memoriam Mario Davidovsky (2022)
*world premiere, written for Momenta
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in f minor, Op. 95 “Serioso” (1810)
VENUE: Broadway Presbyterian Church (601 W. 114th St.)
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, September 18
8PM Remembering Tomasz Stańko: A concert in celebration of his life, music and love of New York City
Ambrose Akinmusire, Wadada Leo Smith: trumpet
Ravi Coltrane, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter: saxophone
Jakob Bro: guitar
Craig Taborn, David Virelles, Marcin Wasilewski: piano
Dezron Douglas, Slawomir Kurkiewicz, Reuben Rogers: bass
Gerald Cleaver, Michał Miśkiewicz: drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: free with RSVP

Monday, September 19
8pm Zoh Amba, Trevor Dunn, Billy, Martin, Micah Thomas
Zoh Amba- Saxophone, Flute
Micah Thomas – Synths
Trevor Dunn – Bass
Billy Martin – Drums
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, September 20
8 pm Hyaku: One Hundred Dreams
Pianist-Composer Satoko Fujii
Live Recording of her 100th Album as a Leader

Wadada Leo Smith, Kappa Maki, Ingrid Laubrock
Sara Schoenbeck, Ikue Mori, Brandon Lopez
Tom Rainey, Chris Corsano
VENUE: Cary Hall in The DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, September 20
8pm False Harmonics #11: Battle Trance and Darius Jones / Shahzad Ismaily / Ryan Sawyer Trio
VENUE: Pioneer Works
ADMISSION: $26-$31

THURSDAY, September 22
7 pm Charlie Parker & Stefan Wolpe
Performers:
Momenta String Quartet – Emilie-Anne Gendron, and Alex Shiozaki, violin; Stephanie Griffin, viola; and Michael Haas, cello.
Hilliard Greene and The Jazz Expressions – Hilliard Greene, bass; TK Blue, sax; Sharp Radway, piano/ keyboard; Dwayne “Cook” Broadnax, drums.
David Amram, composer and improviser
Composers:
Charlie Parker
Stefan Wolpe String Quartet
Matthew Greenbaum (Wolpe’s youngest protégé) Quartet No. 2
Hannah Selin (student of Matthew Greenbuam) offers a string quartet for The Village Trip
VENUE: St John’s in the Village (218 W 11th St)
ADMISSION: $20 – $25

FRIDAY, September 23
7 pm Glass Houses: Celebrating Philip Glass at 85
Performers
Pianists Marilyn Nonken, Vicky Chow, Adam Tendler, Joan Forsyth, Emily Tong and others
Composers
Philip Glass, Jonathan Dawe, Victoria Bond, Ann Southam, Nico Muhly, Steve Reich, Eve Beglarian, Yann Tiersen, Tristan Murail and Charles Wuorinen
VENUE: St John’s in the Village (218 W 11th St)
ADMISSION: $15 – $20

SATURDAY, September 24
2:30pm Company Lopez
Brandon Lopez – bass / Sam Yulsman – piano / Matt Nelson – sax / TJ Borden – cello / Cecilia Lopez – electronics
VENUE: First Street Green Art Park
ADMISSION: free

SATURDAY, September 24
8:30 pm Anna Webber, Darius Jones, Craig Taborn, Chris Tordini, Dan Weiss
Anna Webber (sax) Darius Jones (sax) Craig Taborn (piano) Chris Tordini (bass) Dan Weiss (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, September 25
2:30PM Parker / Drake
William Parker – gimbre, percussion, double reeds / Hamid Drake – frame & drumset, vocals
3:30PM Lee / Parker
Yasmine Lee – dance / William Parker – bass
InGardens 2022 Free Outdoor Concert Series – ARTS FOR ART
VENUE: First Street Green Art Park
ADMISSION: free

SUNDAY, September 25
8pm The 18th Annual NYC In C
Curated by Nick Hallett, Zach Layton, and Gelsey Bell
VENUE: LPR
ADMISSION: $20-$45

TUESDAY, September 27
7.30pm + 9.30pm The Tomeka Reid Quartet
Tomeka Reid -cello
Mary Halvorson -guitar
Jason Roebke -bass
Tomas Fujiwara -drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20- $30

TUESDAY, September 27
8PM Zoh Amba: Bhakti Record Release

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

September 27–October 8
Monday–Thursday at 7:30pm
Friday–Saturday at 8:00pm
Monochromatic Light (Afterlife)
Composer, Conductor, Tyshawn Sorey
Director, Peter Sellars
Visual Artist, Julie Mehretu
Choreographer, Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray
Lighting Design, James F. Ingalls
Sound Design, Marc Urselli
Viola, Kim Kashkashian
Piano/Celesta, Sarah Rothenberg
Percussion, Steven Schick
Soloist, Davóne Tines
Choir, The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
VENUE: Park Avenue Armory
ADMISSION: $40

WEDNESDAY, September 28
8pm Erik Friedlander, Satoshi Takeishi, Mark Helias
Erik Friedlander, cello
Satoshi Takeishi, percussion
Mark Helias, bass
VENUE: Zürcher Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, September 29
6pm-midnight Interpretations: Petr Kotik 80th Birthday Celebration
Petr Kotík, Many Many Women (1975–78)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E28NgQp9pU
S.E.M. Ensemble, Petr Kotik, director
Sopranos: Zen Wu, Ana Caseiro
Countertenor, Tenor: Padraic Costello, Nathan Fletcher
Bass-baritone, Bass: James Gregory, Nicholas Hay
Flutes: Petr Kotik, Roberta Michel
Trumpets: Sam Jones, Max Morel
Trombones: Will Lang, Jen Baker
Percussion (Simulatenous Performance of Kotik’s Drums):
Chris Nappi, Juan Herrera, Russell Greenberg, Sam Lazzara
Lights and Projections – Jo Fabian, Marian Joel Küster
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $15-20

THURSDAY, September 29
8PM Composer Portraits: Liza Lim
Liza Lim String Creatures (2022) U.S. premiere for JACK Quartet
Liza Lim an ocean beyond earth (2016) for solo cello, prepared with violin and thread
Jay Campbell, cello
Jack Quartet
VENUE: Miller Theatre at Columbia University
ADMISSION $10-30

FRIDAY, September 30
7.30pm + 9.30pm Peter Evans Ensemble

Peter Evans -trumpets, compositions
Alice Tessyier -flutes, voice
Caroline Davis -saxophone
Nick Jozwiak -bass
Levy Lorenzo -percussion
Sam Pluta -live electronics
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $20- $30

FRIDAY, September 30
8PM Ex Machina: The Orchestre National de Jazz and IRCAM, Steve Lehman and Frédéric Maurin

VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $20-$30

FRIDAY, September 30
8:30 pm QUARTET
Kris Davis (piano) Ches Smith (drums) Michael Formanek (bass) Tony Malaby (saxophone)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

NYC Calendar August 2022

Highlight of the Month:
TIME: SPANS festival (August 13-27)

WEDNESDAY, August 3
8:30 pm Solo Piano
Uri Caine (piano) – new pieces, some Zorn bagatelles etc.
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, August 4
7 pm Michaël Attias: alto saxophone, Matt Mitchell: prophet 6, Chris Lightcap: electric bass, Kate Gentile: drums
8:30 pm Sean Conly Trio
Sean Conly: bass, Santiago Leibson: piano, Tom Rainey: drums
10 PM Michaël Attias: alto saxophone, John Hébert: bass, Satoshi Takeishi: drums
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20 one set/$45 all 3 shows

THURSDAY, August 4
7 pm VEER Quartet and Juanma Trujillo Trio
VEER Quartet:
Sarah Bernstein, violin/compositions
Sana Nagano, violin
Leonor Falcon, viola
Nick Jozwiak, cello

Juanma Trujillo Trio:
Juanma Trujillo, guitar
Walter Stinson, bass
Matt Honor, drums
VENUE: El Barrio’s Artspace PS109 (215 East 99th St)
ADMISSION: $20 for one, $30 for two

THURSDAY, August 4 – FRIDAY, August 5
7.30pm & 9.30pm Adam O’Farrill: For These Streets
Adam O’Farrill- trumpet, flugelhorn
Eli Greenhoe -conductor
David Leon- alto sax, baritone sax, flute
Kevin Sun- tenor sax, clarinet
Kalun Leung- trombone, euphonium
Mary Halvorson- guitar
Patricia Brennan- vibraphone
Tyrone Allen- bass
Tomas Fujiwara- drums
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $10-35

FRIDAY, August 5
5 pm Oscar Noriega – saxophone and clarinet;
Marta Sanchez – Piano;
Christopher Tordini – Bass;
Jason Nazary – Drums

VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 6
8:30 pm The Passion of Octavius Catto
Barbara Walker (voice) Uri Caine (piano) Mike Boone (bass) Ben Perowsky (drums) and special guests
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 10
8:30 pm Quintet
Micah Thomas (piano) Giveton Gelin (trumpet) Immanuel Wilkins (alto saxophone) Dean Torrey (bass) Kayvon Gordon (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 14
7:30 pm TIME: SPANS: Ning Yu
Stefan Prins, Piano Hero #1, 2011-12 for midi-keyboard, live electronics and video
Stefan Prins, Piano Hero #2, (2011, rev. 2013/2016) for midi-keyboard, grand piano, live cameras, video and live electronics
David Bird , Iron Orchid, 2021* for piano and electronics
David Bird, electronics

Michael Beil , Key Jack, 2016* for a pianist without piano with live video and tape
Ning Yu, Piano and keyboard
Levy Lorenzo, Electronics
Matthew Deinhart, video and lighting design
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 17
7:30 pm TIME: SPANS: Sō Percussion
Angélica Negrón, Gone, 2018

Angélica Negrón, Go Back, 2022
Vijay Iyer, Torque, 2018
Julia Wolfe, Forbidden Love, 2019
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 17
8:30 pm Trio
Ingrid Laubrock (sax) Brandon Lopez (bass) Tom Rainey (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, August 19
7:30 pm TIME: SPANS: Ensemble Signal, Dana Jessen
Darian Donovan Thomas, Spiral, 2022
Ensemble Signal

George Lewis, Seismologic, 2017
Jessen and Stine
George Lewis, Tales of the Traveller, 2016
Ensemble Signal
with Nicole Mitchell, flute soloist and Voyager Interactive Computer, piano
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, August 19
8:30 pm Quartet
Zeena Parkins (harp) Cecilia Lopez (electronics) Nate Wooley (trumpet) Brandon Lopez (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 20
7:30 pm TIME: SPANS: International Contemporary Ensemble
George Lewis, Melodies for Miles, 2022
Jessie Cox, Black as a Hack for Cyborgification, 2020
Nicole Mitchell, Cult of Electromagnetic Connectivity, 2021
George Lewis, Thistledown, 2012
Wadada Leo Smith, Delta Blues, 1999
George Lewis, Creative Construction SetTM, 2015
International Contemporary Ensemble
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 20
8:30 pm Sextet
Ikue Mori (electronics) Tim Berne (sax) Jon Lipscomb (guitar) Ryan Sawyer (drums) Brandon Lopez (bass) and a special guest
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 20
7.30pm & 9.30pm Ingrid Laubrock/Andy Milne “Fragile” (Intakt Records) Album Release
Ingrid Laubrock -soprano & tenor saxophone
Andy Milne -piano
VENUE: The Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $10-35

THURSDAY, August 25
7:30 pm TIME: SPANS: JACK Quartet
Eric Wubbels, phren, 2022
Catherine Lamb, string quartet (two blooms), 2009

JACK Quartet
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, August 27
7:30 pm TIME: SPANS: Talea Ensemble
Igor Santos, portrait IO, 2020
Katherine Balch, drip music, (2019, arr. 2021)
Rebecca Saunders, Skin, 2015-16
with Juliet Fraser, soprano
TALEA Ensemble
James Baker, conductor
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, August 28
3 pm John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet
VENUE: Village Vanguard
ADMISSION: $40

MONDAY, August 29
07:30 PM Jan Bartoš: Piano Recital in Czech Center New York
Program:
Leoš Janáček: 1.X.1905
Miloslav Kabeláč: Eight preludes, op. 30
Leoš Janáček: In the Mists
Bedřich Smetana: Dreams
VENUE: Bohemian National Hall, Ballroom
ADMISSION: Free

TUESDAY, August 30
8 PM Morir Soñando​
Mark Dresser | Ingrid Laubrock & Cecilia Lopez | Mat Maneri & Brandon Lopez
VENUE: Fridman Gallery
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, August 30
9 pm & 10:15 pm endangered blood: chris speed, oscar noriega, trevor dunn, jim black
Chris Speed – saxophones, clarinet
Oscar Noriega – saxophones, clarinet
Trevor Dunn – bass
Jim Black – drums

VENUE: bar lunatico
ADMISSION: $10

WEDNESDAY, August 31
7PM Michaël Attias: alto & baritone saxophones, Michael Formanek: bass, Mark Ferber: drums

VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, August 31
8 PM CT::SWaM – Seed 01
Greenstone / Kuester / C. Lavender / Lee / Long / Meehan / Neumann / Roberts-Gevalt / Thorpe / Zierk
A collective work on peripheral listening
VENUE: Fridman Gallery​
ADMISSION: Suggested Donation $10

NYC Calendar July 2022

FRIDAY, July 1
8:30 PM John Hanes (drums), Simon Hanes (bass), Anthony Coleman (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, July 1
8 PM Chris Cochrane – Guitar, Jessica Pavone – Viola, Brian Chase – Drums, Brandon Lopez – Bass
VENUE: IBeam
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, July 2
8:30 PM Aliya Ultan (cello), Simon Hanes (bass), G.Calvin Weston (drums)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, July 5
6:30 Hery Paz, Nate Wooley, Tom Rainey
VENUE: DMG
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, July 6
8 PM Patrick Holmes (clarinet) and Danny Tunick (vibraphone)
VENUE: Kent 411
ADMISSION: $10-15

WEDNESDAY, July 6
8:30 PM Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Trevor Dunn (bass), Dan Weiss (drums)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, July 7
8:30 PM Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Drew Gress (bass), Nasheet Waits (drums)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, July 13
8 PM Lampshade (Chris Cochrane, Viv Corringham, Miguel Frasconi)
VENUE: Kent 411
ADMISSION: $10-15

FRIDAY, July 8
8:30 PM Mephista with guest Ned Rothenberg
Susie Ibarra (drums) Ikue Mori (electronics) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano) Ned Rothenberg (woodwinds)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

SATURDAY, July 9
6 PM Elliott Sharp Solo
7 PM Duology
Michael Marcus – Reeds, Ted Daniel – Trumpet, Lonnie Plaxico – bass, Darrell Green – drums
VENUE: New Agora, Socrates Sculpture Park
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, July 9
8:30 PM Nasheet Waits (drums), Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Wadada Leo Smith (trumpet)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, July 13
6 PM Carnegie Hall Citywide: Attacca Quartet
Program:
Flying Lotus “Clock Catcher”

Flying Lotus “Remind U”
Flying Lotus “Pilgrim Side Eye”
Anne Müller “Drifting Circles”
Louis Cole “Real Life”
Arvo Pärt Summa
Ravel String Quartet in F Major
Performers: Attacca Quartet
VENUE: Madison Square Park
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, July 13
8:30 PM Hypercolor
Eyal Maoz (guitar) James Ilgenfritz (bass) Lukas Ligeti (drums)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, July 14
7:30 PM Kronos Quartet & Sam Green: A Thousand Thoughts | Roomful of Teeth

VENUE: Lena Horne Bandshell (9th Street & Prospect Park West)
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, July 16
1pm and 3pm Rite of Summer Music Festival
Curtis Stewart, violin
music of Alice Coltrane, Johannes Brahms, Greek Folk Tunes,
Duke Ellington, Henry Purcell, The Killers, Bill Withers, JS Bach,
Kendrick Lamar / Thundercat & Curtis Stewart
VENUE: Nolan Park on Governors Island
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, July 16
8:30 PM Dick/Heberer/Filiano/Ligeti Quartet
Robert Dick (flutes) Ken Filiano (bass) Lukas Ligeti (drums) Thomas Heberer (trumpet)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

Wednesday, July 20
6 PM Carnegie Hall Citywide: Attacca Quartet
Program:
Caroline Shaw Entr’acte
Caroline Shaw Blueprint
Caroline Shaw Limestone & Felt
Caroline Shaw The Evergreen
Caroline Shaw Valencia
Performers: Attacca Quartet
VENUE: Madison Square Park
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, July 20
8 PM Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera
VENUE: Kent 411
ADMISSION: $10-15

WEDNESDAY, July 20
8:30 PM Connors / Mendoza
Loren Mazzacane Connors (guitar) Ava Mendoza (guitar)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, July 21
8:30 PM First Landing with Abiodun Oyewole (Last Poets)
Abiodun Oyewole (spoken word) Ava Mendoza (guitar) Luke Stewart (bass)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, July 22
7pm Bargemusic presents Nadia Shpachenko
Nadia Shpachenko, piano, voice, cleats, electronics
Premieres of works by Christopher Cerrone, Pamela Z, Ian Dicke, Oliver Dubon, Tom Flaherty, Harold Meltzer, Dana Kaufman, David Sanford, Adam Schoenberg, and Evan Ware

VENUE: Bargemusic (Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn, NY)
ADMISSION: $35

WEDNESDAY, July 27
6 PM Carnegie Hall Citywide: Attacca Quartet
Program:
Caroline Shaw Plan & Elevation
Philip Glass String Quartet No. 3, “Mishima”
Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8
VENUE: Madison Square Park
ADMISSION: Free

WEDNESDAY, July 27
8 PM Tim Berne / Aurora Nealand / Ches Smith
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

THURSDAY, July 28
8 PM Tomas Fujiwara & DoYeon Kim / Mary Halvorson: Clone Decay

Clone Decay is Mary Halvorson (guitar), Kalia Vandever (trombone) & Weston Olencki (trombone & electronics)
VENUE: The Owl
ADMISSION: $12

SATURDAY, July 30
8:30 PM Peter Evans (trumpets)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

NYC Calendar June 2022

Highlights of the month Yarn/Wire Institute & Festival and Vision Festival

May 19 – June 10
Philip Glass, Akhnaten
VENUE: The Metropolitan Opera
ADMISSION: $47-390

THURSDAY, June 2
7pm Void Patrol ft. Colin Stetson, Elliott Sharp, Billy Martin, Payton MacDonald
VENUE: Sultan Room
ADMISSION: $25.60

FRIDAY, June 3
6pm to midnight: a complete 6-hr. performance of Many Many Women
S.E.M. Ensemble
Jen Wu, soprano
Elizabeth van Os, soprano
Padraic Costello, countertenor
Steve Wilson, tenor
James Gregory, bass/baritone
Nicholas Hay, bass
Petr Kotik, flute
Roberta Michel, flute
Sam Jones, trumpet
Evan Honse, trumpet
Will Lang, trombone
Jen Baker, trombone
VENUE: Life World (Gowanus, Brooklyn, address provided upon purchase of a ticket)
ADMISSION: $15

TUESDAY, June 7
6:30pm Thomas Heberer /Tomas Ulrich/Phil Haynes – Trumpet/ Cello/Drums
VENUE: Downtown Music Gallery
ADMISSION: free

THURSDAY, June 9
8:30pm Zeena Parkins’s Glass Triangle with special guest Craig Taborn
Craig Taborn (piano) Ryan Sawyer (drums) Nordic Friend (sax) Zeena Parkins (harps)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, June 10
8:30pm Zeena Parkins’s Glass Triangle with Brandon Lopez
Brandon Lopez (double bass) Ryan Sawyer (drums) Nordic Friend (sax) Zeena Parkins (harps)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, June 10
7pm John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet
John Zorn: Alto Sax
Julian Lage: Guitar
Jorge Roeder: Bass
Kenny Wollesen: Drums
VENUE: Sultan Room
ADMISSION: $40.55

SATURDAY, June 11
2pm Music In The Constellation: An In-Person Immersive Audio Experience
Program:
Greg Wilder: Atlas (2022)
Frank Zappa: While You Were Art II (1985)
Kui Dong: Flying Apples (1995)
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gesang der Jünglinge (1955-56)
Wolfgang Mitterer: Hallo, Mr. Bruckner (2009)
Allan Schindler: Vivre (2008)
Jean-Phillippe Rameau/Greg Wilder: Zaïs – Overture (1748/2022)
VENUE: National Sawdust
ADMISSION: Free

SATURDAY, June 11
8.30 pm Zeena Parkins’s Glass Triangle with C. Spencer Yeh
C. Spencer Yeh (violin, voice, electronics) Zeena Parkins (harps) Ryan Sawyer (drums) Nordic friend (sax)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, June 17
7.30pm + 9.30pm Illegal Crowns (Bynum, Delbecq, Fujiwara, Halvorson)
Taylor Ho Bynum -cornet
Benoit Delbecq -piano
Mary Halvorson -guitar
Tomas Fujiwara -drums

VENUE: Jazz Gallery
ADMISSION: $25+

FRIDAY, June 17
7:30 pm Vadim Neselovskyi: Odesa—A Musical Walk Through a Legendary City
Vadim Neselovskyi (piano)
VENUE: The Salmagundi Club
ADMISSION: $20

SUNDAY, June 19
10pm Jazztopad Tim Berne, Kate Gentile, Kamil Piotrowicz, Tomasz Dąbrowski
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

TUESDAY, June 21
Vision Festival
Wadada Leo Smith: Celebrating a Lifetime of Achievement
7pm Open Healing: Albert Ayler
Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet
Pheeroan akLaff – drums
8pm Wadada Leo Smith’s Purple Kikuyu and RedKoral Quartet, “Flight 93 in Pennsylvania’s Sky: No Greater Love – A Remembrance of Their Beauty & Courage”
Wadada Leo Smith – trumpet
Pheeroan akLaff – drums
Erika Dohi – piano
Sylvie Courvoisier – piano
Shalini Vijayan – violin
Mona Tian – violin
Andrew McIntosh – viola
Ashley Walters – cello
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $45+

TUESDAY, June 21
7pm Yarn/Wire Institute & Festival 5: Music of Annea Lockwood
Repertoire includes:
Immersion
RCSC
bayou-borne for Pauline
Becoming Air, with Nate Wooley
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: FREE

TUESDAY, June 21 and WEDNESDAY, June 22
Jazztopad
7:30pm: James Brandon Lewis with Lutosławski Quartet
9:30pm Kamil Piotrowicz Sextet
James Brandon Lewis – saxophone
Lutosławski Quartet:
Szymon Krzeszowiec – 1st violin
Marcin Markowicz – 2nd violin
Artur Rozmysłowicz – viola
Maciej Młodawski – cello
Kamil Piotrowicz Sextet:
Kamil Piotrowicz- piano
Krzysztof Szmańda – drums, vibraphone
Tomasz Dąbrowski – trumpet
Andrzej Święs – double bass
Kuba Więcek – alto saxophone
Piotr Chęcki – tenor and baritone saxophone
VENUE: Dizzy’s Club
ADMISSION: $25/$35

WEDNESDAY, June 22
3pm to 9pm Yarn/Wire Institute & Festival 6
3pm – Institue Participants – World Premieres
4pm – Bent Duo
5pm – Institute Participants – Premieres and YW Repertoire
6pm – Ning Yu, solo piano
7pm – Eduardo Leandro, solo percussion
8pm – JACK Quartet
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: FREE

WEDNESDAY, June 22
Vision Festival
7pm Matthew Shipp Quartet
Matthew Shipp – piano
Jason Kao Hwang – violin
Michael Bisio – bass
Jay Rosen – drums
Katy Martin – projected paintings
9:30pm Heart Trio
(formerly William Parker Trio)
William Parker – bass, percussion
Hamid Drake – drums, frame drum
Cooper-Moore – homemade instruments
Lois Eby – projected paintings
10:30pm
Rothenberg / Courvoisier / Drake
Ned Rothenberg – reeds
Sylvie Courvoisier – piano
Hamid Drake – drums
VENUE: Roulette
ADMISSION: $45+

THURSDAY, June 23
3pm to 9pm Yarn/Wire Institute & Festival 7
In Benzaquen Hall
2:30-4:30pm Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Tactility (installation)
In Cary Hall
3pm – Institute Participants: World Premieres
4pm – Corey Fogel (solo percussion)
5pm – Institute Participants: World Premieres
6pm – TAK ensemble
7pm – Craig Taborn (solo piano)
8pm – 75 Dollar Bill
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: FREE

THURSDAY, June 23
8PM Jazztopad Festival Improv session
VENUE: Soup & Sound
ADMISSION: TBD

FRIDAY, June 24
8:30pm Ikue Mori, Louie Belogenis and Sylvie Courvoisier
Ikue Mori (electronics) Louie Belogenis (soprano and tenor saxophones) Sylvie Courvoisier (piano)
VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20

FRIDAY, June 24
Yarn/Wire Institute & Festival 8: Closing Night
2:30-6:30pm David Brynjar Franzson’s An Urban Archive as an English Garden (performance/ installation)
3pm – Institute Participants: World Premieres
4pm – Mike Truesdell (solo percussion)
5pm – Institute Participants: World Premieres
6pm – Ben Vida and Amy Gernux (voices)
7:30pm – Yarn/Wire Currents: YW performs new works by Sarah Davachi and Kelley Sheehan
VENUE: DiMenna Center
ADMISSION: FREE

FRIDAY, June 24
8pm Jazztopad Festival
Uri Caine & Lutosławski Quartet / Kamil Piotrowicz Quartet feat. Jamie Baum

VENUE: The Owl Music Parlor
ADMISSION: $17-$20

SUNDAY, June 25
8pm Jazztopad Michael Bates’s Acrobat + The Lutosławski Quartet
VENUE: Barbes
ADMISSION: $20

WEDNESDAY, June 29
8:30pm Vadim Neselovskyi: Odesa—A Musical Walk Through a Legendary City
Vadim Neselovskyi (piano)

VENUE: The Stone
ADMISSION: $20